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Legal Week Student Q&A in association with BPP Law School

Legal Week's publishing director John Malpas speaks to dean of BPP Law School Peter Crisp about access and diversity within the legal profession and the impact that tuition fees have on social mobility. The pair also discusses the continuing review of legal education.
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SRA agrees to scrap minimum trainee salary in favour of £6 per hour

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to abolish the minimum wage requirement for trainee solicitors in favour of the national minimum wage of £6.08 per hour. The change, which was voted in today (16 May) by the SRA board, will come into effect from 1 August 2014. After that date, employers will only be required to pay trainees the main rate for employees under the national minimum wage regulations.
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College of Law confirms Singapore venture

The College of Law has announced details of a new strategic collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (SILE), with a view to establishing a permanent presence on the ground in the country.
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International Edition

Law Society to repeat Halliwells rescue plan for Dewey trainees

The Law Society has confirmed that it will help Dewey & LeBoeuf's London trainees find new firms to complete their training in the event of a wind-down of the firm's UK operations. The Society said it will approach HR departments at other City law firms in an effort to line up new training for Dewey's current and future London trainees if required, with the office's staff currently facing an uncertain future.
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International Edition

Locusts and the law - a risky but thrilling deal for the College

"The College shouldn't kid itself about the realities of getting into bed with private equity. While Montagu looks a good match given its reputation as a conservative buy-and-build investor, it will be a robustly commercial owner..."
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Out of the shackles - can the College of Law skirt controversies over its sale to seize the big global prize?

A certain amount of controversy was inevitable. After all, the private equity industry attracted plenty of headlines during the credit boom for aggressive takeovers and financial engineering. And leading commercial law schools have, over the last decade, faced mounting criticism for expanding at the expense of students with little prospect of a career in law.
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International Edition

College of Law and Camerons to devise first international LPC

The College of Law has teamed up with CMS Cameron McKenna to develop a new internationally focused Legal Practice Course (LPC). The International LPC, which will be designed in collaboration with Camerons, will focus on the legal principles behind cross-border transactions as well as the differences between legal systems around the world.
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International Edition

Sold: why the sale of the College of Law may have a global impact

"What I would expect the College to seek to do is to establish itself as a globally recognised provider of legal education that transcends (as far as possible) national boundaries..."
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International Edition

College of Law agrees £200m sale to Montagu and charity arm spin-off

The College of Law has agreed a £200m sale of its legal education and training business to buyout house Montagu Private Equity, in a deal which marks the end of a strategic review by the charity's governors. The College announced the sale today (17 April) at the same time as announcing that its charitable activities will be spun off into a separate entity to be known as The Legal Education Foundation.
4 minute read

International Edition

Legal education review calls for response to 'radical' proposals

The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) has issued a call for feedback on radical proposals for reform, including the replacement of the traditional training contract with a more flexible period of 'supervised practice'. The review, billed as the most fundamental examination of legal education and training since the Ormrod report of 1971, has published the first of three consultation papers to canvas views on potential reforms, which also include the abolition of the concept of a qualifying law degree and the introduction of national assessments at the point of entry to the profession.
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